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Question Coding 99420 Separately From E/M

Published on Wed Aug 06, 2014

Question: A patient of one of our providers came in for an annual wellness visit and the physician had the patient fill out a health risk assessment (HRA). There was no abnormality or preexisting problem found during the visit. She wants to bill for the patient discussion about the HRA. How should I code this? Is a modifier needed? Ohio Subscriber  [...]
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